Grade 8

The reserved reading selections reflect appropriate complexity of text and content matter for the targeted students. Teachers are expected to respect the protected nature of these selections. Suggested readings promote a variety of genres with rich content and subject matter that can be integrated into interdisciplinary units appropriate for middle school. Selections include multicultural, contemporary, and classical texts that will appeal to both the reluctant and avid reader.

	Regular	AG	HAG
Reserved	The Wave-T. Strasser	The Adventures of Tom Sawyer-M. Twain	Killer Angels-J. Shaara
	The Glory Field-W.D. Myers	The Book Thief-M. Zusak The Pearl - J. Steinbeck?	Grapes of Wrath-J. Steinbeck
Suggested	Call of the Wild-J. London (S, SS) House on Mango Street-S. Cisneros	Julius Caesar Midsummer Night's Dream Shakepeare
	Invitation to the Game-M. Hughes (S) Treasure Island	Fahrenheit 451-R. Bradbury Science Fiction
	The Weirdo-T. Taylor (S) The Giver	Tale of Two Cities-C. Dickens
	Surviving the Applewhites-S.S. Tolan	I, Robot-I. Asimov
	Lupita Manana-P. Beatty	Metamorphosis-F. Kafka
	Scorpions-W.D. Myers (S)	A Summer of Kings-H. Nolan
	Romiette and Julio-S. Draper	We beat the Streets-S. Davis, et al.
	Freak the Mighty-R. Philbrick--character ed, coming of age	Double Helix-N. Werlin (S)
	Bronx Masquerade-N. Grimes	Hot Zone-R. Preston (S)
	Jasmine’s Notebook-N. Grimes	The Diary of a Young Girl - Anne Frank/The Diary of Anne Frank (play version)
	Fallen Angels-W.D. Myers (harsh language) (SS)	Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card - (issues of giftedness, war, sacrifice, leadership - local author)
	Red Moon at Sharpsburg-R. Wells (SS)
	The Contender-R. Lipstye
	All of the Above-S. Pearsall (M)
	A Gebra Named Al-W. Isdell (M)
	Who Moved my Cheese? for Teens-S. Johnson Nothing But the Truth - Avi (SS) Z for Zachriah R.O'brien (S)

Interdisciplinary Suggestions: (M) = math, (S) = science, (SS) = social studies

Book	Resources
Who Moved my Cheese? for Teens-S. Johnson	Printables: http://www.teachervision.fen.com/curriculum-planning/nonfiction/21093.html
	Back to School Unit: http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/teceds/trainees/michele.miller-rausch/webquest/
Freak the Mighty-R. Philbrick	Lesson plans: http://www.cowden-herrick.k12.il.us/staff/burruscasey/elearning/ftm/activities.html
Metamorphosis-F. Kafka	Adapted illustrated novel: http://randomhouse.com/crown/metamorphosis
The Book Thief-M. Zusak	Discussion questions: http://www.nlc.state.ne.us/libdev/OBOK/2008/discussionquestionsBookThief.pdf